Little Mix rip into sexist critics: We'll dress how we want

Little Mix have attacked people who criticise their image, saying: “We are women, we will dress how we want to dress.”

Speaking on stage at the Global Awards, singer Jade Thirlwall said: “As a girl band, and as women, we do face a lot of scrutiny, whether it’s for the way we look, how much thigh we get out, how we dance, what we sing about.

“And we just want to say that, although one day we hope that does stop, right now we’re really not arsed what people think.”

The band were the big winners at the first ever Global Awards – a star-studded show staged by the company behind radio stations Capital, Heart, Radio X and Classic FM.

The 2011 X Factor winners took home three prizes – best group, best artist and best song, for Power, their collaboration with Stormzy.

“It’s obviously quite hard for women in the music industry,” said Thirlwall.

“The fact we’ve managed to last nearly seven years now and still be going strong is amazing, and we have a lot of people to thank for that.”

“Who do we thank? Firstly ourselves. Because if it wasn’t for our friendship, we wouldn’t still be going strong.”

The band went on to thank their fans, who voted for the awards at Wednesday night’s ceremony.